Lower Rea    A pair of Stonechats still in the first field on the left after Rea Bridge. Along the river seven Cormorants roosting, a Raven and a Green Woodpecker. At Netheridge Farm 12 Teal, a pair of Bullfinches and another Green Woodpecker. On Corn Ham, Minsterworth viewed from the benches at Lower Rea across the river at SO 80412 15648 this afternoon 100+ Pintails, 30+ Wigeon, 30+ Shovelers, a Mute Swan, 200+ Lapwings, 20+ Golden Plovers and 12 Dunlins. (MK).

Green Woodpecker by Mike King

Minsterworth Ham     Two WHOOPER SWANS still today. Also 24 Shelducks, 42 Shovelers, 24 Gadwalls, 280 Wigeon, 350 Pintails, 180 Teal, 12 Golden Plovers, 25+ Dunlins, a Sparrowhawk, a Peregrine, six Ravens, a Chiffchaff, 370 Fieldfares, a Stonechat and a feral Bar-headed Goose. (Andy Jayne).

Gloucester    The male BLACK REDSTART showing well on the Cathedral at lunchtime. (Paul Clark). 50000+ Starlings gathering to roost at Sudmeadow this evening. Also a male Sparrowhawk. (Gordon Avery). At Lansdown Road six Lesser Redpolls again feeding on a silver birch. (Laurence Lucas). A FIRECREST again at the bottom of Rendcomb Close, Abbeymead in leylandii hedge, across the stream. Also two Grey Wagtails. (Sam Walker).

Cheltenham    Two Mandarins on the small island on Park Campus lake at midday today. (David Norman).

Mandarins by David Norman

Stratton     A male Brambling in the garden again today. (Ken Cservenka).

Bourton-on-the-Water     11 Little Egrets in the horse paddocks by the traffic lights. (Andy Lewis).

Quedgeley     A male Blackcap in the garden today in Kingsway. (Sandra Weir).

Blackcap by Sandra Weir

Saul Warth     This morning between Hock Ditch and Hock Cliff a WATER PIPIT and a Common Sandpiper. Also 316 Curlews before high tide. (Eric Palmer).

Lower Rea An adult and a juvenile WHOOPER SWAN still this morning at 9:50am on Corn Ham, Minsterworth viewed from the benches at Lower Rea across the river at SO 80412 15648. Also 110 Pintails, 50 Shovelers, 30 Wigeon, two Gadwalls and five Shelducks, 60 Lapwings and four Cormorants. A male Stonechat again near Rea Bridge. (Paul Masters/Steve Pullen).

Stonechat by Steve Pullen

Frampton    76 Curlews and two Redshanks on Splatt flashes at high tide this morning and six Snipe and two Water Rails in the reed bed. (Gordon Hodgson).

Winchcombe     At Lynes Barn this morning 70 Fieldfares, 40 Redwings, 20 Chaffinches, two Red Kites and a Skylark. (Dave Clarke).

Upper Coberley     At New Farm near Upper Coberley this morning a large flock of finches including at least ten Bramblings. Also a minimum of 15 Ravens. (Duncan Dine).

Gloucester    Up to 50000 Starlings gathering to roost at Sudmeadow this evening. (Andy Jayne). At Lansdown Road six Lesser Redpolls again feeding on a silver birch. (Laurence Lucas).

Woodmancote     At mid-morning a Red Kite over the lower slopes of Nottingham Hill on the Woodmancote side. Also Ravens over many times a week. (Mark Forknall).

Tewkesbury     At the Cemetery a confiding Goldcrest feeding on spiders within the railings adjacent to Abbott’s Walk and a female Peregrine cruising through. (Les Ditchburn).

Lower Rea     An adult and a juvenile WHOOPER SWAN still this morning on Corn Ham, Minsterworth viewed from the benches at Lower Rea across the river at SO 80412 15648. (Andy Chapman).

Lechlade     A BITTERN flew over the house this evening. (Tom Uridge).

Cheltenham    A Mandarin on the lake in Hatherley Park yesterday and again today. (David Norman). Along Northfield Reservoir Lane 12 Long-tailed Tits and a Treecreeper. In Northfield Farm fields a Goldcrest, a Jay and 12 Chaffinches. In Arle Grove two Coal Tits, a Goldcrest and two Treecreepers. Along the road where it follows the Cotswold Way 15 Grey Partridges. At Paradise Farm 15 Chaffinches, 40 Redwings, seven Goldfinches and two Buzzards. At the Relief Pond behind Cheltenham Cemetery ten Goldfinches, a Song Thrush and a female Stonechat. Also a Muntjac today. (Howard Smith).

Muntjac by Howard Smith

Gloucester    A huge murmuration of Starlings over the Severn at 4:50pm dusk, viewed from Westgate Street looking W towards Minsterworth. (Nikki Smith).

Horsley     A Red Kite flying S over Tickmorend ST 839982 at 2:35pm today. (David Bullock).

Hardwicke     S of Sellars Bridge a Jay on the canal bank, mimicking a buzzard calling. (Sue Beynon).

Lower Rea     An adult and a juvenile WHOOPER SWAN this morning, but relocating to Corn Ham, Minsterworth by late morning. (Andy Chapman).

Whooper Swans by Andy Chapman

Arlingham     The adult WHOOPER SWAN and juvenile Mute Swan in stubble on the Arlingham side of the Severn this afternoon, viewed from Newnham church SO70601245. (Andy Chapman/Lewis Thomson).

Frampton pools     121 Tufted Ducks, two Pintails, 23 Gadwalls, four Shovelers, two Pochards, ten Mallards, five Wigeon, 26 Mute Swans, 23 Greylags, a Barnacle Goose,  two Canada Geese, a Bar-Headed Goose, five Grey Herons, 11 singing Song Thrushes, two Mistle Thrushes, a Peregrine and 40 Robins today. (Nick Goatman).

Upper Hilcot     This afternoon c300 Chaffinches on a stubble field. (Duncan Dine).

Wotton-Under-Edge    Garden birds today included three Blackcaps (2m, 1f), a pair of Bullfinches, a Redwing, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Marsh Tit. (Paul Rich).

Brockworth     Garden birds this afternoon included six Goldfinches, six Greenfinches and seven Chaffinches. (Dave Goodwin).

Priors Norton     28 Little Egrets this morning and another flyover at Twigworth heading towards Longlevens. (Jeremy Squire).

Berkeley     Nine Little Egrets in a field at Park Farm near Ham and a Great Spotted woodpecker at Brown’s Mill. (Andrew Jones).

Amberley     In the garden at Theescombe Lane, a male Lesser Redpoll and four Blackcaps (2m & 2f ) on the feeders this afternoon. Also a Mistle Thrush singing in valley. (Phil Williams).

Tewkesbury     In the Natton area a flock of 59 Linnets and two Yellowhammers on a rough cleared development site and 51 Common Gulls feeding on short wet grass fields. (Les Ditchburn). At Mythe Hook viewed from high ground near Shuthonger 20 Canada Geese, 159 Wigeon, a Grey Heron and two Cormorants. (Mike Smart).

Bourton-on-the-Water     A total of eight Shovelers on the large north and south pits. (Andy Lewis).

Ampney Crucis    A male Yellowhammer, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and six Long-tailed Tits on feeders and a Buzzard over today. (Liz & Colin Kilpatrick).

Ampney St Mary     A Kestrel, 20 Redwings, four Fieldfares, a Red Kite and a Skylark today. (Liz & Colin Kilpatrick).

Gloucester     A FIRECREST in the bushes above the River Twyver at the bottom of Rendcomb Close, Abbeymead again today. (Sam Walker).

Stonehouse    A MEDITERRANEAN GULL with over 1200 gulls, mainly Black-headed Gulls, all very mobile on the floods between Churchend and Millend. Also a Little Egret and a Jay, and a Green Woodpecker at Bond’s Mill. (MK).

Mediterranean Gull by Mike King

Little Egret by Mike King

At Horsemarling Lane today c30 Redwings, five Chaffinches, a female Kestrel, six Long-tailed Tits, male and female Bullfinches and a Green Sandpiper in a large pool of water next to the building site. (Alan Jones).

Charlton Kings    15 Redwings at Oakfield Farm and 10+ Long-tailed Tits just outside Ham. (Howard Smith).

Chalford Hill     A ringed male Blackcap recently. (Rachel Witcombe).

Moreton-in-Marsh     A YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER in a garden this morning. (Alana Pain).

Yellow-browed Warbler by Alana Pain

Gloucester     A BLACK REDSTART still on the Cathedral at 12:30pm. (Nigel Sluman).

Forest of Dean     A male Hawfinch  in the garden in Bream this morning, a fairly regular visitor. (Colin Henderson).

Hawfinch by Colin Henderson

Daglingworth     80+ Golden Plovers in stubble fields this afternoon. Four Siskins and four Little Egrets on the River Dunt. (Andrew Morrison).

Stratton     A male Brambling in the garden again today. (Ken Cservenka).

Frampton     At Splatt flashes this morning 17 Pintails, a GREAT WHITE EGRET, a distant Goshawk over the 100-Acre, a Peregrine, three Sparrowhawks and 27 Snipe flushed from cover by a MERLIN. (Gordon Hodgson).

Tewkesbury     At Shannon Way/Cowfield Farm 39 Greenfinches came into roost late afternoon. (Les Ditchburn).

Hawling     In the Larkhill farm area late morning a Red Kite, two Buzzards, two Ravens, 15+ Chaffinches, a Brambling, 10+ Yellowhammers, 20+ Linnets, a Skylark, 10+ Red-legged Partridges and a Kestrel. (Jane Bailey).

Ampney Crucis    A Great Spotted Woodpecker on the feeders and three Skylarks today. (Liz & Colin Kilpatrick).

Gloucester     A FIRECREST in the bushes above the River Twyver at the bottom of Rendcomb Close, Abbeymead at lunchtime. (Sam Walker).

Frampton    A male MERLIN zipped through at Splatt Bridge this morning and a GREAT WHITE EGRET on the main flash. (Gordon Hodgson).

Cotswold Water Park West    A GREAT WHITE EGRET still on Pit 46 today. Seven Goldeneyes (3m, 4f) on Pit 48. Also a Song Thrush singing and Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming there. (Bruce Kettle).

Chedworth    A male Crossbill singing on the S side of Chedworth Woods. Also a Brambling there. (Richard Tyler).

Slimbridge     At Shepherds Patch at least five CATTLE EGRETS and 13 Little Egrets in a field between the farm and the pub on the left before the canal at 4:20pm. (Mike Davis).

Hawling     This morning 40 Fieldfares, 12 Redwings, two Red Kites, four Yellowhammers, two Marsh Tits, two Kestrels, a Stonechat and a Raven. (Dave Clarke).

Cotswold Water Park West    A GREAT WHITE EGRET on Pit 46 this afternoon. Also a pair of Goldeneyes, three Goosanders (1m, 2f) and two Wigeon. (Bruce Kettle).

Great White Egret by Bruce Kettle

Cheltenham    At Christ Church a Peregrine on the top of one of the spires, and a second Peregrine circled the tower. In the garden in Benhall a pair of Mistle Thrushes feeding on pyracanthas berries daily. (David Norman). On the Oakley to Northfield Farm to Arle Grove and back via Hewletts today, birds included three Buzzards, a Mistle Thrush, nine Meadow Pipits, two Ravens, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, three Marsh Tits, a male Kestrel, a Green Woodpecker and three Bullfinches (2m, 1f). (Howard Smith).

Gloucester     At Lansdown Road today six Lesser Redpolls feeding on a silver birch. (Laurence Lucas).

Stratton     Two Bramblings in the garden today. (Ken Cservenka).

Winchcombe     At Hayles Fruit Farm today 300+Fieldfares, 100+ Redwings, 150 Chaffinches, ten Yellowhammers, four Jays, nine Long-tailed Tits, two Treecreepers, two drumming Great Spotted Woodpeckers and a Bullfinch. (Dave Clarke).

Ampney Crucis    A male Yellowhammer on feeders today. (Liz & Colin Kilpatrick).

Gloucester    The male BLACK REDSTART still at Gloucester Cathedral today. (Josh Adamms).

Alvington     Belated news of a Goshawk over Clanna Country Park on Saturday afternoon (23rd). (Paul Woolams).

Goshawk by Paul Woolams

Frampton     At Splatt Bridge this morning two Little Grebes on the canal, 60 Golden Plovers and 120 Lapwings flew S, a Stonechat and four Snipe in the reed bed. (Gordon Hodgson).

Fairford     A LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER in Cinder Lane this afternoon. (Dr Paul Tubb).

WWT Slimbridge     The juvenile GLAUCOUS GULL flew S through the Trust today. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Forest of Dean    Around Woorgreens/Crabtree Hill 20+ Redwings, 60+ Linnets, 3-4 Lesser Redpolls and a Stonechat. (Geoff Fawcett). This afternoon a Woodcock in Bearfoot Wood, high on May Hill. (Rob Guest).

Bullo Pill     This afternoon a Hawfinch, a Kingfisher, a Goosander and two Mandarins. (Lewis Thomson).

Quedgeley     A pair of Stonechats in the first field on the left after Rea Bridge this morning. (MK).

Stonehouse     From Pike Bridge to the Ocean 40+ Redwings and Fieldfares, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, a Little Grebe and a Kingfisher. From the Ocean to the Sewage Works 5+ Siskins, four Grey Herons, a Grey Wagtail with a flock of Pied Wagtails and a Sparrowhawk. From the Sewage Works to Eastington along the River Frome seven Chiffchaffs (1 ringed) and a female Stonechat. (Bob Hindle). A Grey Wagtail and a Chiffchaff at Ryeford bridge. A Kingfisher on the canal. Also a Buzzard, an adult Cormorant over and two adults and a juvenile on a pylon, a Goldcrest, a Treecreeper and a Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming. (Paul Sutton).

Churchdown    A Red-legged Partridge in a field at the SW end of Frog Furlong Lane, Innsworth and 30+ Chaffinches. (Richard Badley).

Stroud     A Lesser Redpoll on a birch in the garden in central Stroud this afternoon. (David Withington).

Cotswold Water Park West     At Shorncote 15 Lapwings flew up from field by the sewage plant at 3:30pm. Later at 4:30 pm 100 Lapwings circled this field before continuing W. Also two Little Egrets and a Kestrel. (Bruce Kettle).

Ampney Crucis    A male Yellowhammer, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and three Fieldfares today. (Liz & Colin Kilpatrick).